Definition of "soundscape" [soundscape]

• An atmosphere or environment created by or with sound: the raucous soundscape of a city street; a play with a haunting soundscape. (noun)

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• "Much like “There Will Be Blood,” a dissonant soundscape is played every time the Joker is menacing somebody."
• "This soundscape is of Piazza San Marco just as the sun rises, a little before 6 AM."
• "It's an over-emphasis compounded by Dan Jones's soundscape, which is imaginative in conception (a combination of music and natural sounds) but heavy in execution, underscoring points of tension with shivers of sound, and pelting in with unnecessary rain."